Shotgun Solicitations

August 7, 1985

A LETTER WRITER who said it doesn't cost anything to be polite to phone solicitors overlooks the fact that many Floridians are disabled, such as our neighbors of 25 years, and many are elderly. To them, daily ''junk'' phone calls are a nuisance.

She may not mind being awakened from a nap or have to hobble to a phone, but thousands are annoyed or find it difficult to answer the phone.

Shotgun phone solicitations should be outlawed -- they are an intrusion into the home. There are hundreds of jobs in the classifieds, so do not tell us that people have to take ''boiler room'' jobs, which is what these shotgun operations are called.